Senior Software Engineer (Backend/Python)

About the position

SwineTech is looking for a Senior Backend Engineer with strong Python skills and infrastructure experience to help us scale our platform and bring meaningful innovation to animal agriculture. You'll join a collaborative, fast-moving engineering team that's passionate about solving real-world problems-and not afraid to get a little mud on our boots doing it.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain backend services and APIs using Python
• Lead infrastructure and systems-level initiatives to improve scalability, observability, and resilience
• Support data pipelines and backend integrations that power our core products
• Collaborate closely with engineers, product, and customer-facing teams
• Mentor teammates and help shape the future of our backend architecture

Requirements

• 5+ years experience as a Software Engineer
• 2+ years experience with infrastructure, backend, system design
• Strong experience developing backend systems in Python
• Solid understanding of infrastructure, systems design, and cloud-native tooling
• Familiarity with SQL and modern data tools
• A proactive mindset and willingness to take ownership of tough technical challenges

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with GCP, BigQuery, or DBT
• AI/ML exposure, especially in production environments
• Comfort lending a hand with internal IT tasks from time to time (e.g. device setup, basic troubleshooting)